Same Function, Same Mind: Why Functionalism's Independence Claim Is Stronger
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-05
The author argues functionalism makes a stronger independence/coarseness claim than structuralism: structuralism says "same structure → same consciousness," while functionalism says "same function → same consciousness" — and since same structure implies same function, the subset relation runs the opposite way from the common intuition.
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